Artificial intelligence (AI) researchers claim to have developed a language model, the AI death calculator , that can predict a person's death . The new algorithm uses four datasets to validate the results. Its creators say their AI offers 78% accuracy.
AI death calculator
The AI death calculator is based on a language model called life2vec. The developers, from Denmark and the US, trained the language model with data from six million Danish citizens, ranging from 2008 to 2020.
The research team tested Life2vec on a group of people ages of 35 and 65. Half of them died between 2016 and 2020. The experts found that Life2vec's predictions were 11% more accurate than those of existing AI language models that predict future life events.
"What's fascinating is that we think of human life as a long sequence of events, similar to how a sentence in a language is made up of a series of words," said the study's first author, Sune Lehman.
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“This is usually the type of work that transformer models are used for in artificial intelligence, but in experiments , we use them to analyze what we call life sequences, that is, events that have occurred in human life.“.
How does the AI death calculator?
In order to predict the future, artificial intelligence uses huge data sets from the past and analyzes them to find patterns.
In the case of the AI death calculator, the life2vec language model uses various factors in a person's life to create .their profile .For example, it uses data related to their job and income, marital status, health , family history, and more
The data is converted into codes so that the language model can understand it. It starts analyzing it to identify patterns from the past and tries to predict future events based on them. The AI death calculator is specifically interested in predicting the death of the individual.
Is he accurate in his predictions?
According to the New York Post, life2vec could almost perfectly predict who would die by 2020.
Experts say the tool could be developed to show “what factors might help you live longer.”
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Study participants did not learn the predictions about their death.
Using AI to predict lifespan: Good or bad?
Using AI to predict lifespan has many implications. First, it can help doctors predict the likely progression of health a patient's and tailor their treatment accordingly.
Furthermore, it can be used to develop more personalized health and prevention programs , thus improving people's quality of life.
However, there are also some negative implications. Predicting lifespan can lead to ethical and philosophical issues, such as concerns about prognosis or the perception of life and death.
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Also, using AI to predict death could have significant implications for the insurance industry, as insurance companies could use this information to determine insurance premiums.
Finally, privacy issues may arise , as the collection and analysis of an individual's data may compromise their privacy.
Source: www.thesun.co.uk
